{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-16-1-50","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 16-1-50","heading":"Indictment and conviction of accessories.","body":"A person who counsels, hires, or otherwise procures a felony to be committed may be indicted and convicted:\n(1) as an accessory before the fact either with the principal felon or after his conviction; or\n(2) of a substantive felony, whether the principal felon has or has not been convicted or is or is not amenable to justice, and may be punished as if convicted of being an accessory before the fact.","path":["Title 16 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES","CHAPTER 1 Felonies and Misdemeanors; Accessories"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t16c001.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:43:59Z","sha256":"3d650f12bd75bde3d2e2445ce0d283b0e231e8df18435db7b90d6c7c1d407e5a","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-16-1-40","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-16-1-55"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}